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GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC

GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,550 to it, the largest being WADSWORTH GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$148k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$55k
Net assets
$238k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Glenview Park Foundation Inc does

Mission

The glenview park foundation was formed with the goal of supporting the glenview park district in the delivery of recreation programs, services, and facilities, as well as providing healthy recreational events for the community. Financial contributions are generally used to assist the glenview park district, including its cooperating public interest organizations and projects, to improve or expand the facilities and services for the benefit of the public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual grant awarded to origanizations by thomas beck in honor of his late wife judy beck.

    $12,455 spentof which $12,455 as grants
    51% of program spending

  2. Parade sponsor for glenview july 4th parade.

    $10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    41% of program spending

  3. The glenview park district has a scholarship fund to assist low-income families with children to attend summer camp. The foundation continues to provide funds to financially support the community.

    $2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants
    8% of program spending

  4. The glenview park district has a scholarship fund to assist low-income families with children to attend park district programs. The foundation continues to provide funds to financially support the community.

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,455.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($154k) Expenses 100 ($85k) Net assets 100 ($477k)2018 Revenue 40 ($62k) Expenses 270 ($228k) Net assets 65 ($311k)2019 Revenue 52 ($80k) Expenses 129 ($109k) Net assets 59 ($282k)2020 Revenue 9 ($14k) Expenses 108 ($91k) Net assets 43 ($205k)2021 Revenue 52 ($81k) Expenses 109 ($92k) Net assets 41 ($193k)2022 Revenue 81 ($124k) Expenses 98 ($83k) Net assets 49 ($235k)2023 Revenue 139 ($215k) Expenses 269 ($227k) Net assets 47 ($223k)2024 Revenue 96 ($148k) Expenses 157 ($133k) Net assets 50 ($238k)
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Revenue (96)Expenses (157)Net assets (50)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $477k to $311k (−35%).

$477k
$311k
$282k
$205k
$193k
$237k
$253k
$251k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

106% of GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$70k
’17
−$166k
’18
−$29k
’19
−$77k
’20
−$12k
’21
$41k
’22
−$12k
’23
$15k
’24
22
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed2221212020202222
Joined·+6+1+1+0+0+5+7
No longer listed·7120037
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
1
1
3
2

From the IRS filings of GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 84% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

99% of GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve22.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Illinois

Parks Foundation of Highland Park82%Glenview Public Library Foundation Inc81%Deerfield Park Foundation81%Geneseo Park District Foundation80%Grant Park Orchestral Association80%Glen Ellyn Parks Foundation80%Mlb of Glenview Public Charity79%Geneva Park District Foundation79%

Nationally

Grand Forks Parks and Recreation Foundation82%Parks Foundation of Highland Park82%Glendale Educational Foundation81%Glenview Public Library Foundation Inc81%Deerfield Park Foundation81%Tucson Parks Foundation80%Geneseo Park District Foundation80%Grant Park Orchestral Association80%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

55%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC?
GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,550 to it, the largest being WADSWORTH GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $54,550 in grants to GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC?
WADSWORTH GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing